The difference between night and day at Petco is like … well, you know. It was Hoyer who really brought home the point earlier this year, noting that of Adrian Gonzalez’s 31 home runs last year, 11 were at home, and none of those 11 were struck after 8 p.m. The warmth of day games gives way to the cool ocean air that further works to the hitters’s detriment.

“There are some parks where the ball travels further than ours, and that’s fine,” said set-up reliever Luke Gregerson. “But in my opinion, as players — hitters and pitchers — you need to adapt to any situation you come across. As pitchers, we adjust to places like Arizona and Colorado on the mound, keep the ball down in the zone so the balls don’t fly out of the park. You come here, you can get away with leaving the ball up a little more because it won’t fly as far. As hitters, you need to learn to hit in a park like this if it’s your home park.

“You need to understand that if you can’t hit home runs here, you shouldn’t try. If you can hit home runs, you can hit them here. If you’re a good enough pitcher, you can pitch anywhere. Believe me, I’m not dogging anyone on this team. It’s just that baseball’s a game of adjustments, and we all have to make them.”